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Dr. Dre Will Release His New Album ‘Compton’ on August 7

LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 29: Rapper Dr. Dre performs during the Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar, J.Cole, Miguel and SchoolBoyQ concert during the 2013 BET Experience at Staples Center on June 29, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Chelsea Lauren/Getty Images for BET)

UPDATE: Compton is now set to premiere on Thursday night August 6 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. PDT on Apple Music, according to a press release. After streaming the record, Zane Lowe will host a show about the album on Beats 1.

UPDATE: The entire track list is here. Preorder Compton right now.

1. “Intro” Dr. Dre
2. “Talk About It” feat. King Mez & Justus
3. “Genocide” feat. Kendrick Lamar, Marsha Ambrosius & Candice Pillay
4. “It’s All On Me” feat. Justus & BJ the Chicago Kid
5. “All In a Day’s Work” feat. Anderson Paak & Marsha Ambrosius
6. “Darkside/Gone” feat. King Mez, Marsha Ambrosius & Kendrick Lamar
7. “Loose Cannons” feat. Xzibit & COLD 187um
8. “Issues” feat. Ice Cube & Anderson Paak
9. “Deep Water” feat. Kendrick Lamar & Justus
10. Jon Connor,”One Shot One Kill” feat. Snoop Dogg
11. The Game, “Just Another Day” feat. Asia Bryant
12. “For the Love of Money” feat. Jill Scott & Jon Connor
13. “Satisfiction” feat. Snoop Dogg, Marsha Ambrosius & King Mez
14. “Animals” feat. Anderson Paak
15. “Medicine Man” feat. Eminem, Candice Pillay & Anderson Paak
16. “Talking To My Diary”

When Ice Cube announced it earlier this week, it was hard to believe that Dr. Dre actually had an album coming out today, August 1 — it’s been 16 years since his last one (2001, released in 1999), and his musical output has been sporadic at best since then. Today, though, as part of his Beats 1 show for Apple Music, the legendary N.W.A. member announced that Compton, an album he made as a companion to the upcoming biopic of his group, Straight Outta Compton, will drop exclusively on iTunes on August 7.

The new LP’s reportedly got guests like Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, and more in the mix. It follows the death of his long-awaited Detox, which Dre explained during the show. “The record [Detox] — it just wasn’t good,” he said as his cohosts went completely silent. “I don’t think I did a good enough job, and I couldn’t do that to my fans, and I couldn’t do that to myself.”

Look for Compton on August 7.

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